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The latest in tech: the newest products, most exciting innovations and biggest releases.

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The Rise of Prediction Culture
By Cool Material
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I Watched USA vs. Bosnia Through the Lens of a Prediction Market

Checking Polymarket throughout the round of 32 game added an interesting perspective to my watching experience. Here are my notes.

By Lanny Fuller
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Black Book: 13 Products Our Editors Loved in June 2026

The products our editors have been obsessed with in June 2026.

By Cool Material
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On Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, 20 Years Later

And how horror went from critically hated to the latest Cannes "it" genre.

By Andy Crump
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‘Dunkirk’ Official Main Trailer

Christopher Nolan knows a thing or two about ambitious projects. We mean, look at his resume. Memento. Inception. The Dark Knight and subsequent follow-ups. His most ambitious to date, however, might be Dunkirk, because, in a way, it's so different from what he's excelled at. Dunkirk centers on the Dunkirk evacuation, a mission during the Second…

By Mike Newman
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‘Hair’ Is a Short Film from John Turturro

John Turturro, best known for playing incredibly unique characters like Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski and the eczema-suffering John Stone in The Night Of, steps behind the camera for this little gem of a film. In collaboration with rag & bone, Turturro created Hair, a short that's an official 2017 Tribeca Film Festival…

By Mike Newman
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Meet Korea’s Most Famous Balancing Artist

Most people are excited if they can balance a pencil on their finger and are thrilled if they get an egg to stand upright. Rocky Byun starts his interview by balancing a motorcycle, so he's a bit better than whoever you knew in grade school or the guy at the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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‘The Dark Tower’ Trailer

Stephen King has published well over 60 books in his prolific career. Many, as you're no doubt aware, have made the jump from page to screen. Never, however, has his self-proclaimed "magnum opus." Until now. Here's your first look at The Dark Tower, the film based on King's epic fantasy-sci-fi-Western-horror series. Matthew…

By Mike Newman
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Elon Musk Wants to Solve Traffic With Underground Tunnels

Even when self-driving cars take over our roadways, we'll still have to deal with traffic. Sure, we'll be able to watch movies and play iPhone games in that traffic, but we'll still curse under our breath at the idiot robocars that don't know how to merge. Elon Musk wants to proffer…

By Mike Newman
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